Show-case construction.



M. A. SKALL.

saow GASE CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION FILED APR.14, 1913.

Patented Mar. 10, 1914 MAX A. SHALL, 01? NEW YUREI, N. if.

SHOVWCASE CUNSTRUCTION.

To all whom it may concern lie it known that 1, MAX A. SHALL, a citizenof the United States, and residing at New York city, in the county andState of llew York, have invented certain new and useful improvements inShow-Case Construction, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in the construction of show casesand particularly to that class of such cases, which are portable andconveniently placed on the sales counters in stores, for the display ofspecial merchandise and which also provide convenient means to advertiseand explain the merchandise they contain.

The objects of my il'nprovenient are, to provide a show case which islight in weight, of rigid and strong construction and provides means tostore assorted merchandise in systematic manner. I attain these objectsby means of the devices and arrangement of parts hereinafter describedand shown and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, made part ofthese specifications, in which Figure l is an isometric view of my showcase construction, showing its front and right side the panel of theright side wall is removed to show the interior. Fig. H is an isometricview of the same case, showing its rear and right side, the panel of theright side is removed and the door opened, to show the interior of thecase. Fig. HI shows an isometric view of the bottom, front and part ofone side of the show case with the gage board, during the process ofassembling the case. Portions of the base are cut away to show theconstruction. Fig. IV shows a detail of the frame construction for aside wall of the show case in front elevation. Fig. l is a sectionalside elevation of Fig. IV. Vii is a detail showing a horizontal sectionthrough bottom plate 9 and one of the rubber buffers attached. to it.Fig. VII is a detail showing a horizontal section through one of thepartitions 12.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout thevarious views.

lvly show case is preferably constructed as follows: The slanting front1, sides 2, 8, and door t consist of frames or sections separately madefrom metal channels 5 of ti shape as shown in Fig. IV and Fig. V. Thesechannels 5 surround panels 6 which Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 14, 1913.

Patented llltari it}, ili'lilel.

Serial No. 760,921.

consist of any suitable material as glass, wood pasteboard etc. l hecorners of these channel-frames are formed by cutting and initering thetwo hing sides of channel and leaving); the short side intact as shownat T Fig. 1V.

'lhe roof section 8 is made from a rec tangnlar piece of sheet metal bybending three of its sides into channel. shape and thereby forming aframe, similar to the side sections and capable of holding a sheet panel6.

The bottom section 9 is made of a rectangular plate whose edges 9, S), 9are bent upward as shown in i 'lo bottom 9 I have attached the gagebijian 1.0 which consists of a ri-ictangular plate whose lower part isbent at right angles toward the front of the show case and forms thevertical plate 11.. The edges of plates .10 and 11 adjacent to the sidesof the show case are flanged outward at 10 and 11 to add stillness tothe gage board.

The show case is preferably assembled (see Fig. V) by soldering orfastening in other suitable manner the frames of sides 2 and 8, andplate 11 of the ga e board, to bottom plate 9. The lower edge of frontplate 1 is fastened to the upturned front edge 9 of bottom plate 9 andthe upper edge of the front plate 1, to the corresponding upper edge ofplate 10. The roof section 8 is fastened along three of its edges tosections 1, 2, and 3 (see Figs. it and ill). The door lis attached tosection 2 by means of suitable hinges.

in the interior of the show case l have provided suitable verticalpartitions 12 which consist of sheet metal strips of suitable width withlongitudinally flanged edges and are connected to sections 8 and 9 bymeans of their bent portions ii. The lower side of bottom section 9 isprovided near each of its four corners with suitable rubber buffers 13which I have attached to the sheet metal by a tubular rivet 14: as shownin Fig. V;

in practice the front section 1 generally provided with a glass panelunder which an advert-isen'ient is framed.

.lhe inner side of door l is preferably provided with directions for thesale of the merchandise contained in the show case which are printed onan opaque panel. of cardboard or the like. The packages of merchandise Dand. E F H) are stored in vertical rows between the partitions 12, whichare spaced to suit the size of these packages, and each row may containa different kind or grade, of such merchandise as indicated by theletters D and E. The gage board 10 serves the useful purpose to keep theends of the packages in parallel vertical planes. The front section 1 inthis class of show cases, is generally placed in slanting position toafford an easier reading of the advertisement and to provide a broaderbase to the case and by this position does not permit the storing ofmerchandise in vertical rows; for this purpose I have provided the gageboard 10 hich adjusts the packages in desired vertical position and alsoadds greatly to the strength of the whole case. Another advantage is tobe found in the complete framing provided for the advertisementscontained in the front section 1 and door 4. These advertisements canonly be removed by destroying the whole case. It is the practice ofunscrupulous dealers to replace these advertisements with those ofinferior goods, which are substituted in the show case. This practice isobviated by my improved construction. The rubber buffers which aresolidly attached to the base of the show case prevent noise in movingthe case about and injury to the sales counter, by the metal of theshowcase. It is also of great advantage, that an accurate account ofeach kind of goods contained in the case, may be taken at a glance andthe selling facilitated, by the orderly manner of storage.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Let-- ters Patent is:

1. In a show case of the class described the combination with arectangular base or bottom section of sheet metal, provided with flangesalong its edges, a slanted front side fastened to one of said flanges,two vertical sides fastened to the front side and to flanges of thebase, a door opposite said front side, each of said sides consisting ofa panel board surrounded by a frame made of U shaped channels, a roofpanel similarly held by U shaped channels and provided with a metallicbacking toward the interior of the show case and fastened to the upperedges of three sides of the show case and a vertical gage board in saidshow case forming a parallel plane to the door opening of the show case.

. 2. In a show case of the class described the combination with arectangular base of sheet metal a slanting front side fastened to saidbase, two vertical sides, fastened to the base and to the front side, adoor opposite the front side, each vertical side of the show caseconsisting of a )anel board surrounded by a frame of U shaped channels,a roof panel similarly held by such channels and provided with ametallic backing toward the interior of the show case and fastened tothe upper edges of three sides of the show case, a vertical gage boardso placed into the interior of said show case, as to form a parallelplane to the plane of the door opening of the show case and a pluralityof vertical partitions so placed in the interior of the show case as toform planes perpendicular to the plane of the door opening and fastenedto the base androof sections of the show case, by horizontal flangesformed on said partitions.

3. In a show case of the class described, the combination with arectangular base or bottom section, of a slanted front side, twovertical sides and a roof section, a door opposite said front side, allof said sides formed by a frame, holding a panel of suitable material, avertical gage board in said show case forming a parallel plane to theplane of the door opening of the show case, a horizontal projection onthe lower edge of said gage board, extending to the front side oftheshow case, to space the gage board correctly from said front side.

MAX A. SKAL lVi tnesses HERMAN FELDHIKEN, AnoLr ROBIN.

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